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The Charge of the Light Brigade was a military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, resulting in many casualties to the cavalry.
- Battle of Balaclava
The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during...
- Charge of The Light Brigade (Disambiguation)
The Charge of the Light Brigade was an infamous cavalry...
- James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of...
- Light Cavalry
Polish-Lithuanian light cavalry during the Battle of Orsha...
- Louis Nolan
Lewis Edward Nolan, known to his family as Louis Nolan and...
- The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line described an episode of the Battle of...
- Edwin Hughes
Siege of Sevastopol Edwin Hughes' grave, 2008 Edwin Hughes...
- George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, GCB (16 April...
- Battle of Balaclava
The siege of Sevastopol (at the time called in English the siege of Sebastopol) lasted from October 1854 until September 1855, during the Crimean War. The allies ( French, Sardinian, Ottoman, and British) landed at Eupatoria on 14 September 1854, intending to make a triumphal march to Sevastopol, the capital of the Crimea, with 50,000 men.
- 17 October 1854 – 11 September 1855, (10 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
- Allied victory
Dec 11, 2017 · Discover The 'Valley of Death' in Sevastopol, Crimea: This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.
Apr 11, 2024 · Unidentified soldiers accompanied by Russian military vehicles patrolling Sevastopol, Ukraine, on March 1, 2014, a few weeks before Russia annexed Crimea and the city. Following Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Sevastopol became the principal base of the Ukrainian navy.
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On 23 April 2022, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence claimed a strike on a Russian 49th Combined Arms Army command post in Russian-controlled Kherson Oblast killed two generals and critically injured one. The names of the two generals were not released at the time of the report.
Apr 7, 2014 · The Crimean port of Sevastopol has been the base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet since the 18th century. RBTH tells the story of General Eduard Totleben, who organized the defense of the city from ...
Jul 28, 2010 · The strong and heavily fortified Black Sea port of Sevastopol, on the south-west coast of the Crimea, was the main naval base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. During the Crimean War (1853–56), the capture or destruction of this stronghold became the main military object of the allied British, French and Turkish armies opposing Russia.
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